Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has been included in a list of top 25 destinations worth visiting in 2025 by a US-based broadcaster. cnn.
Thousands of tourists and foreign climbers visit the region annually for expeditions to various peaks, paragliding and other activities.
In the list published on Wednesday, CNN Travel said: “The Gilgit-Baltistan region in the Karakoram Mountains is not the easiest place to reach (flight schedules can be unreliable, roads can be seasonally blocked) but it has peaks more tempting than a meringue pie. lemon.
“It is home to five of the 14 ‘eight thousand’ peaks recognized as the highest in the world. “This includes K2, the second highest mountain in the world but number one in terms of difficulty and danger,” the broadcaster said.
CNN Travel He added that hiking in Britain “makes the Himalayas look like a walk through Central Park”, but added that traveling alone “is not an option”.
The region is popular with mountaineers, with more than 1,700 foreign adventure tourists set to apply for permits to scale peaks in 2024. Of those, 175 people intended to climb K2 in the summer, according to a senior government official.
Sajid Hussain, deputy secretary of the GB Department of Tourism, said Sunrise in July last year that adventure tourism in the region was booming and that of the 1,700 foreign climbers who applied, several were issued permits while the remaining applications were processed.
Meanwhile, four climbers, including two Pakistanis, scaled Nanga Parbat (8,125 meters) on July 9.
According to Pakistan Alpine Club secretary Karar Haidri, four members of the Nanga Parbat Seven Summits expedition team (Lhakpa Temba Sherpa and Pemba Sherpa from Nepal, and Dilawar Hussain and Fida Ali from Pakistan) successfully reached the summit.
Similarly, despite poor weather conditions, 11 climbers, including a three-member Pakistani expedition team, successfully reached the summit of Gasherbrum-II on July 23.
“The expedition faced several challenges. “Ebrahim Makda had to abandon his summit attempt due to a foot injury, while Wajidullah Nagri was forced to return from Camp 2 due to illness,” Haidri said in a Facebook post.
“Despite these difficulties, the team’s successful ascent is a notable milestone for Pakistani mountaineering.”
